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Show SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, February B, 1950 0 Economic Counter-Blockade May Be Slapped Against Soviet-Occupie d Germany As Reprisal BERLIN, Feb, 4 (UR Authorl-UUvt Authorl-UUvt sources Mid In Frankfurt Saturday that the western big three and tht weit Oermtn iov-ernment iov-ernment were drawing up plana for an embargo on all iteel shipment! ship-ment! to Soviet-occupied Oer many. : ' - :"- rj- A Blocking the shipment of (teel to east Oermany would in effect be thirst long atrlde toward re-Imposition re-Imposition of the economic counter-blockade with which the westerners answered the Russian blackad of Berlin last year. N impo slowdown V Now the Soviets were Imposing slowdown on traffic to Berlin which added up to a partial blockade. Their mouthpieces hinted at the relmpoaition of a full dress blockade such at that which the Anglo-Americana de feated once with the historic air lift . , ' .. Saturday the Russians let up on the traffic through the main zonal border checkpoint at Helmstedt Helm-stedt They let down the bars long nough for 130 of 230 trucks piled up there to pass through to . ward Berlin. Then they went back to the slowdown tactics. ' Delaying methods also were started at a checkpoint near Lue-. Lue-. beck in northern Germany. " Ranking allied : officials In Frankfurt reported on the plans for the embargo on steel to eastern east-ern Germany. They said It was a "satisfying coincidence" that the scheme came out amidst the Berlin Ber-lin showdown. The steel shipments ship-ments should be stopped in any case, ' they said, because of un favorable trends developing un ,. der a trade agreement between the two parts of Germany. - - The embargo plan was present ed to German government lead . era yesterday. It requires the co operation , of the Bonn govern ment before it can be made ef fective, - . , ' , Flan Outlined . The western deputy high commissioners com-missioners outlined it to Herbert Blankenhorn, rightband man to Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Adenauer and U. S. High Com missioner John J. McCloy are scheduled, to meet here Feb. 7, for the first time since McCloy re-I re-I turned from a consultative trip to , wasningion. Standard" Soviet delaying tac-i tics were put Into force at the ( Eichholz-Herrenburg checkpoint six milei from tuebeck in north ern Germany. A Soviet lieutenant replaced the German policeman who normally manned the checkpoint check-point there. , -,v'. The Russian officer Immedi ately began a personal and detailed de-tailed check of document of Ber lin-bound trucks. He cut down traffic to between two and four trucks an hour, compared with a normal rate of zo or more, wun-in wun-in an hour a backlog of 23 trucks piled up. , At the Helmstedt checkpoint on the superhighway, meanwhile, some 250 trucks began streaking for Berlin after the Soviets lifted their restrictions and promised they would remain lifted for four hours and 45 minutes. , Restriction Lifted The restrictions at Helmstedt were lifted following a complete stop last night when Soviet border guards there cut off Berlin-bound truck traffic without exception for two hours and 43 minutes. . Tb restrictions ,were lifted shortly after 10:15 a. m. and 22 giant trucks, several with bulging trailers, roared down the icy con crete within the first 40 minutes. a . mmt ill j k , a nussian omcer una west uer man police on the British side of the zonal border at Helmstedt that all Soviet restrictions en Berlin bound traffic would be removed between 10:15 a. m. antf 3 p. m. Saturday,-';-;: -'- -- ... After that the Russians presumably presum-ably will allow only about five trucks through each hour the average rate at which east-bound trucks have been crossing to Berlin Ber-lin since the . slowdown began three .weeks ago. Meanwhile, Gen.; Maxwell D. Taylor, American commander in Berlin, - conferred by telephone this morning with U. S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy in Frankfurt. - McCloy arrived in Frankfurt by air from Washing ton yesterday.: Former BYU Co-Ed Colleen Townsend Gives Her First Revival Sermon Today Yeo!( SOS Could Be From Missing C-54 Transport VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 4 A weak SOS apparently sent from the interior of British Columbia Co-lumbia where an aerial search was on for a lost U. 3. air force transport was investigated Saturday Sat-urday by American and Canadian authorities. - .... The C-54 disappeared nine days ago on a flfcht from Anchorage, Alaska to Great Falls, Mont. Forty-four persons were aboard. A faint signal was picked up on a distress frequency at 0:25 a. m. and at 9:28 a. m. today by the U. S. coast guard weather shin Escanaba off San Francisco. The coast guard said the call was interrupted by another transmis sion "and the mesage that fol lowed was lost. . ' !. All direction finder stations were alerted, the Seattle coast guard , reported. Origin of the signal was placed in, the interior of British Columbia. , The signal was sent on 8280 kilocycles, an alternate distress frequency.' .Coast guard officers said "A modern Gibson girl type automatic emergency transmitter is equipped with-both the conventional con-ventional 500 kilocycle and the higher distress frequencies.'! ! The latest of scores of reports investigated by a mammoth two-nation two-nation air search came as five RCAF planes awaited a break in the weather to continue tracking down two other possible clues. Ever Try Plug : Of Tobacco To Wipe VindshicId? CHICAGO, Feb 4 U The " Chicago motor club, checking . its old files, found this bit of advice on how to end wind-! wind-! shield glare, ' published In i Rub a small plug of chewing chew-ing -tobacco, "preferably a rather soft brand," over a wet windshield. This, the publication said, ; is k"a remedy much better ' than any kind of squeegee windshield wiper.". ; - The United States has 80 per cent of the world's railway mileage. mile-age. . State Socialism Real Th rear, Sayc GOP Chiof WASHINGTON, Feb. v4 U, State socialism : will become "legislative reality- If Republicans Republi-cans lose any more congressional seats in November's election, GOP National- Chairman Guy George Gabrlelson warned Saturday, Gabrielaorl told about 150 members mem-bers of the Young Republican National Na-tional Federation that the party Is counting heavily on them to "join in the all-out fight to recapture recap-ture control of the congress." - ''We know," the chairman said, "that members of the Young Republican Re-publican Federation and millions of other young Americans,! both in and out of the Republican party, are not going to stand by idly and permit the present administration ad-ministration to put through its program -to destroy the American republic. , "Many have participated recently re-cently in the bloodiest war of history his-tory to preserve that republic, and the ideals for which it stand. We know you are not going to allow enemies at home to accomplish what two of the greatest military Gabrlelson addressed a luncheon lunch-eon meeting of the young Republicans, Repub-licans, after they had met this morning in closed session to work out program of "affirmative action" ac-tion" for the congressional elections elec-tions this year. "The year 1050 is the year of decision for the American people," peo-ple," the chairman said. "If the Republicans should lose any additional ad-ditional teats in the house and la trie senate, the whole program cj stata socialism will become a legislative leg-islative reality. ' " . ' PMA Mcating Slated . A school for tht 80 community committeemen the Production Marketing Association , of Utah county will be held all day Tuesday' Tues-day' In the city and county building. build-ing. The program for 1830 will be outlined, according to J,' Earl Smith, county chairman." The Alaska Highway, 1,523 miles long, cost $22,000 per mil to build and maintenance costs run an average of 8700 per milt. PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.. Feb. 4 (U.PJ Colleen , Townsend, curve-some curve-some starlet, brought "that new style religion" to this capital of the groundhog Saturday, "Old-time "Old-time residents said they'd seen! nothing like it since the Shaker Revivals , of more than half a century ago. - The-- blue-eyed starlet will moumv-the pulpit of the Rev. H. C. Humke's First Presbyterian church today (Sunday) to tell a packed house how she "received the call" which prompted her to turn her back on a 5750-a-week movie career - and "walk in the footstep of "the Lord." By a coincidence considerably short of miraculous, Miss Town-send Town-send was guest of honor this afternoon at a premier of what she insists will be her last movie. The trim brunette evangelist, attired in a fire red dress and a lush beaver coat, rode into town behind a siren-wailing escort of state troopers. On her lap she held an ice-blue gown ' dotted with sequins, which she wore at the premier of the movie, "When Willie Comes Marching Home." Bible la Hand In her hand, Miss Townsend clutched a Bible she'll carry for inspiration when she makes her first sermon today. Opening at the Book of John, Colleen gave impressed reporters her text for the day: "That which we have seen and heard, declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us." Colleen smiled, .twin dimples in her cheeks, and j said: "That's a nice thought foi( today, but do you know I haven't even picked my text for my first sermon Sunday?" , She said she wasn't nervous, however, and planned to . pray through the premier Saturday afternoon for guidance. "I know"! she said, "The Lord will not fail; me." - - Meantime, .dazed merchants tried to handle overflow crowds from r surrounding towns ; and hamlets as far as 100 miles away. Expect Big Crowd, The Rev. Humke bustled about his gray stone church where he will introduce his charming guest pastor . to so ' many extra parishioners parish-ioners that he has scheduled an unprecedented repeat perform?-ance perform?-ance of his Sunday services. "The church will hold 500 comfortable," com-fortable," he said. "And a hundred hun-dred more packed like sardines." . Miss Townsend held the place of honor In a parade down main street, hastily) re-named Town- send Boulevard Saturday after- noon. In the parade were a national na-tional guard band, five jeeps and a fire truck. . ( . o o 0 Do L2)L3 NATIONALLY ADVERTISED BRANDS AT TREMENDOUS SAVINGS MTOKIOW? WIPES WOMEN'S SHOES m 71 Pairs Dress', And Casual Pat-' terns. Most all sizes in this group. Shop' early. . . .. I Values to 6.95 WOMEN'S SHOES 70 Pairs Wedsre Heel Casuals and High Heel Dress Shoes. All sizes and widths in these patterns. Values to 8.95 WOMEN'S SHOES 150 Pairs Sport Oxfords, dress and arch support shoes. Low medium and high heels. 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